Use Magic Wand to trace an enclosed region from the active tracing image and convert it into an editable SVG area.
Click inside a visually enclosed bitmap region to show a non-destructive preview aligned to the traced boundary. The preview uses a dashed outline and is not inserted into the SVG document yet.
To create the area, click the preview directly. Synoptic Designer inserts the preview as an editable SVG path and returns to Selector unless Keep after Use is enabled.
Clicking another bitmap region replaces the current preview with a new one. Press Escape, Delete, or Backspace to cancel the preview without changing the document.
The active Magic Wand options include:
- Node Density, which controls how many points are kept in the generated path;
- Tolerance, which controls how similar neighboring bitmap pixels can be before they are included in the traced region.
The options are enabled only while a preview is active. Changing Node Density or Tolerance recomputes that same preview from the original click point before insertion. This lets you tune the traced boundary before committing the path.
Generated Magic Wand shapes behave like other editable areas: they can be selected, formatted, renamed, bound, saved, and exported.
Magic Wand works on the tracing image, not on foreground vector objects. It needs an active, visible tracing image and works best with clear enclosed regions and visible boundaries. Activating Magic Wand clears the current selection and keeps the canvas unselected while the tool remains active. If the pointer is outside the tracing image or over an existing visible vector area, Synoptic Designer does not create a trace from that point.